CWAers Joining AFL-CIO's New Union Veterans Council

More than 1,000 CWA military veterans responded to an online survey as part of the AFL-CIO's efforts to fight for the health and education benefits of veterans.

Those veterans will be getting information from the AFL-CIO about the new Union Veterans Council. CWA members who didn't participate in the survey can learn more and get involved by going to the council's webpage at http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/unionveterans2008.cfm.

The council is bringing together veterans and members of military families to hold U.S. leaders accountable on issues that include a fully funded Department of Veterans Affairs and the recently passed 21st Century GI Bill.

Union veterans will launch their own state-level councils and discuss how to elect pro-working family leaders who will support veterans. Council members will help Americans understand the big differences for veterans between McCain, who voted against the bipartisan-backed GI Bill, and Sen. Barack Obama, who voted for it.